View gallery . Ferguson police Chief Thomas Jackson in the days after the death of Michael Brown. (Getty Images/Scott Olson) Police in Ferguson, Mo., have violated their own reporting standards...Read more...

(Reuters) – California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill that bans prisons from sterilizing inmates without their consent, his office said on Thursday, after media reports and a later audit...Read more...

Seven high-profile national political organizations have asked television stations to set aside more than $80 million in airtime to shape Senate races between now and Election Day, Nov. 4. A...Read more...